GRE Word List
PHOENIX
a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period
The meaning of the word phoenix is a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sonorous | producing sound (as when struck) |
| pang | a brief piercing spasm of pain |
| hapless | having no luck : unfortunate |
| recession | the act or action of receding : withdrawal |
| punctilious | marked by or concerned about precise accordance with the details of codes or conventions |
| temperament | characteristic or habitual inclination or mode of emotional response |
| nauseous | causing nausea or disgust : nauseating |
| retrieve | to locate and bring in (killed or wounded game) |
| synthesis | the composition or combination of parts or elements so as to form a whole |
| conspiracy | the act of conspiring together |